
After Dudley's companions leave, he and Harry head back to Privet Drive. Harry, knowing that Dudley fears his magical powers, restrains himself from taunting him. He encounters Dudley with his motley friends in the park.
Harry leaves, initially to investigate the noise, eventually ending up alone with his thoughts in a playground. An argument ensues with Uncle Vernon, though the need to "keep up appearances" shortens it. Hearing a cracking noise that he recognizes as someone Disapparating, Harry jumps up, wand at the ready, but bumps his head on the window frame, giving away his presence. He is listening for any reports of unexplained events that, as a wizard, he would recognize as being caused by Dark magic. One day, he hides in the Dursleys' flower bed under the living room window so he can overhear the Muggle news on TV. He is angry and frustrated that he has had little communication with either Ron or Hermione, and feeling isolated and cut off, is desperate for any information about Voldemort and the Wizarding world. Harry is once again enduring a dreadful summer with Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon. Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
Title refers to: The Order of the PhoenixĬhapter 1: Dudley Demented Synopsis. Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher: Dolores Umbridge. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries, The Room of Requirement New places visited: Grimmauld Place, the Ministry of Magic, St. At this, though, it is still the largest of the seven volumes. If set in the same type as Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, it would be 655 pages (approximately) to 223 for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. While the book appears daunting at 766 pages (Bloomsbury / Raincoast edition), it is set in somewhat larger type than the first three volumes. Darker and more mature than the preceding entries in the series, this book shows Harry coping with loss and dealing with adversity, while growing in maturity and ability. Additionally, Harry must deal with a new nemesis and possibly the series' most hated character, Dolores Umbridge, a petty Ministry bureaucrat.Īpart from the usual magic, events at Hogwarts School, and the frustrating Dursleys, this book includes the resurrection of the Order of the Phoenix, a group dedicated to Lord Voldemort's downfall, and Voldemort openly returning. Its grimness is the multiplicity of enemies facing Harry, as the Ministry of Magic, headed by Cornelius Fudge, has also set itself against Harry and Dumbledore. Surprisingly, perhaps, it is not the return of Voldemort and his Death Eaters that give this book its power, for in fact they do very little during this year. This is possibly the darkest book in the Harry Potter series. The fifth book in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is told from the viewpoint of the now fifteen-year-old Harry. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries Chapter 23: Christmas on the Closed Ward Chapter 24: Occlumency Chapter 25: The Beetle at Bay Chapter 26: Seen and Unforeseen Chapter 27: The Centaur and the Sneak Chapter 28: Snape's Worst Memory Chapter 29: Careers Advice Chapter 30: Grawp Chapter 31: O.W.L.s Chapter 32: Out of the Fire Chapter 33: Fight and Flight Chapter 34: The Department of Mysteries Chapter 35: Beyond the Veil Chapter 36: The Only One He Ever Feared Chapter 37: The Lost Prophecy Chapter 38: The Second War Begins Overview Weasley Chapter 10: Luna Lovegood Chapter 11: The Sorting Hat's New Song Chapter 12: Professor Umbridge Chapter 13: Detention with Dolores Chapter 14: Percy and Padfoot Chapter 15: The Hogwarts High Inquisitor Chapter 16: In the Hog's Head Chapter 17: Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four Chapter 18: Dumbledore's Army Chapter 19: The Lion and the Serpent Chapter 20: Hagrid's Tale Chapter 21: The Eye of the Snake Chapter 22: St. Chapter 1: Dudley Demented Chapter 2: A Peck of Owls Chapter 3: The Advance Guard Chapter 4: Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place Chapter 5: The Order of the Phoenix Chapter 6: The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black Chapter 7: The Ministry of Magic Chapter 8: The Hearing Chapter 9: The Woes of Mrs.
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